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Travel Bug Dog Tag Antipodes TB

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Owner:
Bobby.Peru Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Friday, October 19, 2012
Origin:
Vestfold og Telemark, Norway
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of 8isenuff.

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Current Goal

This TB wants to go to the antipode of where it started (in Larvik, Norway). But as this point is located deep in the Southern Ocean, south east of New Zealand, it must be a little pragmatic about the mission.

The closest cache to the antipode is located on Pitt Island in the Chathams: https://coord.info/GC6J2QG.. There are, as of September 2018, 14 other (physical) caches in the Chathams, and a visit to any of those would be fine [8D]

Afterwards it can travel the world some more, and maybe travel to the direct antipode of the Chatham Island-cache - which would be this one https://coord.info/GC3QAM2 in southern France.

I admit that this is a VERY ambitious mission for a TB, but even more fun if it succeeds!

About This Item

Antipodes

Antipode

In geography, the antipodes of any any place on Earth, is the point on the Earth's surface which is diametrically opposite of it. Two points that are antipodal to each other are connected by a straight line running through the centre of the Earth.

In Britain and Ireland, "the Antipodes" is often used to refer to Australia and New Zealand, and "Antipodeans" to their inhabitants. Geographically the antipodes of Britain and Ireland are in the Pacific Ocean, south of New Zealand. This gave rise to the name of the Antipodes Islands of New Zealand, which are close to the antipodes of London at about 50° S 179° E. The antipodes of Australia are in the North Atlantic Ocean, while parts of Spain, Portugal, and Morocco are antipodal to New Zealand. The antipodes of South Africa and Zimbabwe are in the North Pacific Ocean, with Botswana antipodal to Hawaii, though as Southern Hemisphere ex-British colonies, they are sometimes included as antipodeans in colloquial English.

All together, less than 4% of land is antipodal to land. The largest antipodal land masses are the Malay Archipelago, antipodal to the Amazon Basin and adjoining Andean ranges; east China and Mongolia, antipodal to Chile and Argentina, and Greenland and the Canadian Arctic Archipelago, antipodal to East Antarctica.

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Tracking History (18552.7mi) View Map

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 11/21/2017 8isenuff grabbed it   Visit Log

Checked into a motel in Cromwell NZ and traded some long lost travel bugs. Not sure if we can help this one to Chatham Island though.

Mark Missing 2/25/2016 Bobby.Peru marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.

Dropped Off 1/9/2015 rennsuuken placed it in Glentanner (South Canterbury) South Island, New Zealand - 139.08 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/8/2015 rennsuuken retrieved it from Scenic Sandymount (Dunedin, Otago) South Island, New Zealand   Visit Log

we will take a bit further with us trough New Zealand on its search to the Chatham Island.

Rennsuuken NL

Dropped Off 1/3/2015 bokhara8 placed it in Scenic Sandymount (Dunedin, Otago) South Island, New Zealand - 380.18 miles  Visit Log
Write note 12/3/2014 Bobby.Peru posted a note for it   Visit Log

The TB-description above has been changed slightly, due to the new caches published in the Chathams.

Hopefully the bug will get there some day!

Visited 11/15/2014 bokhara8 took it to The Puzzle of the Pylons (Wellington) North Island, New Zealand - .52 miles  Visit Log
Visited 11/15/2014 bokhara8 took it to Just Because (Wellington) North Island, New Zealand - 9.48 miles  Visit Log
Visited 8/24/2014 bokhara8 took it to Skyline Trail #20 (Wellington) North Island, New Zealand - 2.98 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 8/21/2014 bokhara8 retrieved it from Battleships 3 - From Sea to Shining Sea (Welly) North Island, New Zealand   Visit Log

Chatham's huh. Well its in the right city... now how to get it there???

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